Examples Of Foreshadowing In Of Mice And Men

Arguably the biggest example of foreshadowing came from Lennie getting shot. In the book on pg. 12 it said, “George said, ‘I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody’d shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself.’” This quote represents foreshadowing as it says Lennie will be shot. The book ended with Lennie getting shot by George as George couldn’t stand seeing Lennie getting killed by anyone else. Also this quote shows foreshadowing as Lennie was shot like a dog. In the quote it said that somebody would shoot him like a coyote. By saying that he would get shot like a coyote, he meant getting shot when he wouldn’t even expect it. This is exactly what George did at the end; he shot Lennie when he wasn’t expecting it.

Foreshadowing is used when Ulrich and his men are out patrolling the woods, keeping watch for thieves. “The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things tonight, and there was

Lennie and Candy’s dog are parallel. Candy’s dog is old, stinky, it cant take care of itself and he’s useless. Lennie cant take care of himself of others, and when he gets scared he holds on to whatever hes got. Candy’s dog had to be put down, just like Lennie. They were also killed the same way. “If you want me to, I’ll put the old devil out of his misery right now and get it over with. Ain’t nothing left for him. Can’t eat, can’t see, can’t even walk without hurtin’” (48). In this scene Carlson took Candy’s dog out and shot him. Though Candy did not want his dog to be dead, he still went through with it. This is just like when George went to kill Lennie, he didn’t want too but it had to be

This is an example of a more obvious form of foreshadowing, but this is still easy to miss if the reader is not paying

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. An example of foreshadowing Wiesel exercises is when he uses Moshie the Beadle to introduce the kind of person he was before and after his experience in a labor camp. Moshie’s suffering foreshadows his and his family’s outcome. Moshie had managed to escape and return to Sighet

Steinbeck did this when he put the word mice in the title of the book. Steinbeck used allusion of the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns . In the poem “To a Mouse” the mouse in the poem has plans to survive the winter but the mouse's “small house in ruin! It’s feeble walls the are scattering… And bleak December’s winds coming”. (Doc A). The mouse’s plan to live in it’s house for the winter go askew. The poem further more states that “The best laid schemes of mice and men, go often askew.” This suggests that both the plans of men and mice would go askew. Since Steinbeck chose the word mouse or mice in the title of is novel Of Mice and Men, what should we be able to foreshadow about the plans of the men or women in the

In Of mice and men, John Steinbeck uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and a sympathetic tone to demonstrate the world of limited sources, poverty, human intolerance, limiting social roles, wealth, and freedom.

John Steinbeck was an American author who won the nobel prize in 1962. He authored 27 books, including 16 novels. Most of his work that he made was in central California

Once again, Lennie finds himself in trouble, when he killed Curley’s wife. He remembers what George told him, “...I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush” (Chapter 1). That is exactly what Lennie does, he runs straight to the camping spot. When everyone finally sees Curley’s wife dead, they all know who it was and set out to kill him. George sets out as well to see if he can reach Lennie before the rest of the men. “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George, I shouldn't oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Chapter 3). That is what Candy said to George after Carlson shot his dog. “George… reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger…” (Chapter 6) This is when George finally reaches Lennie and decides to go ahead and put him out of his own misery, so he shoots him. John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing by clearly using Candy’s dog to represent Lennie’s

For example, Candy says,“ I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George” (Doc D) when Carlson had already killed the dog. Candy feels he should have shot the dog himself because the dog is his responsibility, and the dog would have felt a loving presence at the time of his death. Candy wishes he had shot his own dog just as George feels responsible in shooting Lennie himself when Curley is looking for him. Carlson said, “ Right back of the head.” (Doc D) that is where he shoots the dog. Lennie is shot in exactly the same spot (“right in the back of the head”) place where the dog is shoot. The shooting of Candy’s dog clearly foreshadows George’s shooting of Lennie. Both Lennie and the dog get killed with the same gun, Carlson’s Luger pistol. Before Carlson killed Candy’s dog he said to Candy,“ This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time.” (Doc D). If George does not kill Lennie, Curley will painfull kill him “in the guts”. Lennie has always been protected by George throughout his whole life, there is nothing that George will do in order to keep Lennie safe. George does not want Lennie to die painfull, he wanted Lennie to die full of hopes and peacefully go to

John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing by alluding the poem To a Mouse. In the poem To a Mouse” it qoutes “You need not to start away so hasty with hurrying scamper… with murdering plough-staff. Your small house, too in ruin! Its feeble walls the winds are scattering! And nothing now, to build a new one, of course grass green!” In the poem the farmer ruins the mouses house, but also

In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck prepares his readers for Lennie’s final crime and subsequent death in various ways using foreshadowing, progressive catastrophes with Lennie’s strength, and symbolism. Steinbeck uses the literary device of foreshadowing to prepare his readers for Lennie’s last crime as well as a potential trouble. He also prepares his readers slowly and progressively for the death of Curley's wife by showing his readers a crescendo of Lennie’s catastrophes caused by his strength. Lastly, Steinbeck uses the symbolism of Candy’s dog to directly prepare his readers for the way Lennie's death occurs. Together by the end, Steinbeck prepares his readers very well for Lennie’s final crime and subsequent death.

Steinbeck uses foreshadowing throughout the novel to predict what is going to happen to Curley's wife at the end of the novel. One of the foreshadowing Steinbeck used is what happened in Weed. For example, Lennie likes things that are soft and red, and in Weed a girl had both things on her dress therefore Lennie wanted to touch it. Another thing Steinbeck used for foreshadowing is when Lennie first saw Curley's wife, she had on red everything and so Lennie thought she was pretty. For example, she had rouged lips and red nail polish, and she had on a cotton dress. Another reason of foreshadowing is that when Lennie was in Crooks' room, Curley's wife came in and was thanking Lennie for crushing Curley's hand. For example, Lennie was referred

In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to show how unrealistic the dream of Lennie and George is and to further illustrate the inevitability of fate.

“In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again.” The beginning quote of “The Pearl” already gives a hint of foreshadowing. It tells the readers that a pearl will be found, but then be lost again. Foreshadowing is an element of writing that is often something that a reader will find while analyzing the story. Foreshadowing is a great way to give suspicion and excitement to a story. It also creates an active reader as they are constantly predicting what the hint could be foreshadowing at. From the opening sentence to the end of the novella John Steinbeck creates suspense in the reader by foreshadowing.